Fracking’s Forever Problem: First in a series about the gas industry’s radioactive waste. Sixty-two years ago, Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” connected disappearing populations of bald eagles to the presence of the pesticide DDT in the birds’ food chain. Because bald eagles are apex predators, their dose of the toxic chemical was magnified and became fatal to … Continue reading Elevated Levels of Radium Found in Western Pennsylvania’s Freshwater Mussels